Justin Notz

Tanker FFA trader chez Trafigura

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Tanker FFA trader at Trafigura
    Jun 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

  • Bunge (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Quantitative trader
      Mar 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

      - Discretionary FFA prop trading - Discretionary FFA physical hedging - Portfolio optimization/ multi-factor models - Machine learning/deep learning systematic trading models

    • Quantitative Freight Analyst
      Feb 2016 - Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Cargill (Région de Genève, Suisse)
    • Tanker Analyst
      Mar 2014 - Feb 2016 · 2 yrs

      -Perform Research on commodity markets, advise FFA and Physical Tanker Traders -Development of trading strategies/search of fundamental opportunities -Automated Vessel Tracking: Creation of a global flow monitoring & forecasting algorithms -Set up of long term macro models to forecast markets across different vessel sizes (clean/dirty) -Set up of short term regional fundamental dashboards to forecast shipping route prices

    • Junior Petroleum Analyst
      Sep 2013 - Feb 2014 · 6 mos

      - Analysis of oil fundamentals for different regions - Development of quantitative analysis tools

  • Researcher at the Physics of Living Matter Laboratory at EPFL
    Jan 2012 - Jul 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Goals: • Perform and analyze nano-mechanical biosensor experiments for bacteria diagnosis. Achievements: • Nature Nanotechnology publication (Ranked in top three scientific journals). • Speaker at a scientific conference (Linz Winter Workshop 2013, 200 persons). • Realization of a set of experiments (by planning and defining methodology). • Improvement of the signal processing (MATLAB) and prototype design. • Investigation of different experimental unknowns to fully understand outcomes.

  • Internship, DTV innovation at Kudelski Group
    Aug 2011 - Feb 2012 · 7 mos

    Goals: • Development of a robust Image processing algorithm in the context of Social TV. Achievements: • The collaborative study of use cases and architectures (from back end to end user). • The benchmark of different technologies followed by the successful development of an algorithm (MATLAB) using an optimal solution. • Creation of a Ipad working prototype to demonstrate an innovative application.